Beverly
Diaz's homepage has a nice welcoming, aloha spirit in its
appearance. She made good use of graphics - I like the fun stuff. But
items on her list of files don't stand out enough to be attention
getting. Her home page is well organized and easy to use. It is
written simply so a novice can look around without being intimidated.
But boy, you can get lost in here. There are links to some huge files,
that take several minutes to load on my server. By the time I get one
loaded I've forgotten where I was going. Bev obviously spent a lot of
time on this page, doing a lot of research and reading of other
students' pages. Her reports are long, but contain many links and
interesting tips.
Cheryl
Remata has a homepage that is friendly and welcoming. The
layout is fun, simple and easy to follow. She makes good use of colorful
bars and a few graphics, resulting in a page that doesn't appear
cluttered. Her files are listed and categorized in a very organized
manner, and annotated so as to spark the reader's interst in looking
into these files. Her reports are written in a friendly manner, and are
a wealth of information about the problems that she encountered, and,
luckily for future generations, tips on how she resolved them. Her
positive attitude helps to keeps one's spirits up. I had a problem
linking to Cheryl's page, until I realized that her while her last name
is Remata (with an "M"), for page address and file is Renata (with and
"N").
While most of G1's pages consisted of lists, Barry Kwock's
homepage consists of text only, and I do mean text only. It is too wordy for
easy browsing, and had no links that I could find. I'm not sure what the
problem is, but try as I might, I could not find any links. Even when
the source is viewed, this page looks like a document of text only. I'm
wondering if he dropped the course before he got the links made, or if he
eliminated all the links at the end of the semester.
Ina
Miller presents a humorous, creatively written homepage that is
different from most of the rest of G2 pages which consist of just lists.
Her page starts out with a verse as a unique approach to homepages. She
uses images sparingly, and these add to the humor of her writing style.
Her backgrounds are beautiful to look at, but make reading very
difficult. But she is a great source for backgrounds and images, with
all kinds of resources in her reports. Her page is easy to navigate and
it was really fun to look around. In her reports, she maintains her
sense of humor, even when wallowing in her sorrows.
YoonWhan
Cho's page, like most of G2, is a listing of links, but it is
simple to use and contains lots of interesting links. And while the dark
background colors are stunning, they are almost impossible to read. To
be honest, it's much easier to read on my server at home which doesn't
load backgrounds. Everything comes up with a gray background, and his
images, icons and color bars stand out better on a gray backgound without
getting lost. His homepage is a simple listing, and might instill more
interest if the topics were set off more dramatically. His reports have
great titles - they make me want to check them all out. But maybe if his
topics on his homepage were annotated, readers would have a better idea
of what was in each report. I didn't find many helpful hints, maybe the
reports were too wordy to read thoroughly.
The opening graphics on Curtis Nakao's homepage are stunning. While it took a full 6 minutes to load on my server at home, his welcome banner was worth the wait. I liked the b
each effect of his surfer picture, but if I was a feminist, I'm
sure I would object to this graphic. Although Curtis uses a lot of
graphics, they work well to set off his weekly reports in a clean
organized manner. Even when he listed his team reports horizontally
instead of with the usual vertical listing, they were set off well
enough to avoid confusion for the reader. The icons set the reports
apart from each other, but the differing sizes of the icons were not pleasing to my eye. His reports listing is well annotated, enabling a visitor to easily check out how
Curtis dealt with specific difficulties. His reports made me feel better; I thought I was the only one who felt stupid. His sense of accomplishment when he resolved a problem shines
through in his reports, and provides inspiration to keep trying.
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